Tall Tall Shadow
Tall Tall Shadow is the third full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, released September 30, 2013 on Secret City Records.[1] Some early copies were sold with a limited-edition bonus disc, titled Live in London, which featured live performances of five songs from the original album.
Tall Tall Shadow | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 30, 2013 | |||
Genre | Folk Americana | |||
Length | 34:15 | |||
Label | Secret City Records | |||
Producer | Tim Kingsbury, Mark Lawson | |||
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The album was produced by Tim Kingsbury and Mark Lawson.[2]
The album was inspired in part by the death of someone in Bulat's personal life, although she has not provided extensive detail about it to the media.[3] At the time of the death, Bulat had an entirely different album ready to record, but felt that she could no longer connect to the material.[3] Instead, she decided to make an album which acknowledged the pain she was going through while ultimately being hopeful and uplifting.[4]
Some of the album's tracks were recorded in a Royal Canadian Legion hall in Toronto, Ontario's Beaches neighbourhood.[5]
The album was a shortlisted nominee for the Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014, and for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Basia Bulat
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Tall Tall Shadow" | 4:03 |
2. | "Five, Four" | 3:59 |
3. | "Promise Not to Think About Love" | 2:23 |
4. | "It Can't Be You" | 3:58 |
5. | "Wires" | 3:31 |
6. | "The City With No Rivers" | 3:23 |
7. | "Someone" | 3:15 |
8. | "Paris or Amsterdam" | 3:05 |
9. | "Never Let Me Go" | 4:14 |
10. | "From Now On" | 2:24 |
Live in London
- "The City With No Rivers"
- "Tall Tall Shadow"
- "Five, Four"
- "Someone"
- "It Can't Be You"
References
- "Juno-nominated Basia Bulat's third album ‘Tall Tall Shadow’ informed by loss". Canadian Press, October 2, 2013.
- "Basia Bulat Casts 'Tall Tall Shadow' With Some Arcade Fire Light". Huffington Post, October 11, 2013.
- "Basia Bulat steps into the Shadow". Toronto Sun, October 10, 2013.
- "Basia Bulat walks on the dark side". The Georgia Straight, December 4, 2013.
- "Ontario folk singer Basia Bulat steps out of her comfort zone". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 2013.
- "Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list". CTV News, July 15, 2014.